Doesn't know system default layout/variant

This bug was fixed in the package lightdm - 1.1.2-0ubuntu3

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lightdm (1.1.2-0ubuntu3) precise; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/05_keyboard_indicator.patch:
    - Backported patch from trunk to fix various keyboard layout issues
      preventing greeter keyboard indicators from working.
      LP: #919199, LP: #919200, LP: #915468
 -- Michael Terry <email address hidden> Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:37:51 -0500

I believe this bug still exists.

When lightdm starts and before I log in, it sets my layout to:
xkb_keymap {
 xkb_keycodes { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)" };
 xkb_types { include "complete" };
 xkb_compat { include "complete" };
 xkb_symbols { include "pc+us+inet(evdev)" };
 xkb_geometry { include "pc(pc105)" };
};

With `xinit xterm`, I correctly get my system defaults, which are:
xkb_keymap {
 xkb_keycodes { include "evdev+aliases(qwerty)" };
 xkb_types { include "complete" };
 xkb_compat { include "complete+ledscroll(group_lock)" };
 xkb_symbols { include "pc+us+gr:2+inet(evdev)+group(alt_shift_toggle)" };
 xkb_geometry { include "pc(pc105)" };
};

This results in (at least) all Greek users having a broken keyboard layout by default, except for the one created by ubiquity.
Note that "us,gr" is necessary for Greek users to type both Greek and English characters, we do have to use 2 layouts, so taking only the first one is incorrect.

My /etc/default/keyboard contains:
XKBMODEL="pc105"
XKBLAYOUT="us,gr"
XKBVARIANT=","
XKBOPTIONS="grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll"

See also LP bug #1016409

By changing XKBLAYOUT in /etc/default/keyboard to either "gr" or "gr,us" and rebooting, lightdm then forces all the users to have only Greek layout.

It appears that lightdm_get_layout() assumes that users only need one layout, while Greek users need two.

I'm changing the status from "Fix Released" to "Triaged", since the problem still exists, lightdm assumes that systems only have one default keyboard layout, while there are many countries that need two (e.g. "us,gr").

Please do fix that, it's a very serious problem affecting thousands of users which cannot use their native language until they open gnome settings and manually add the correct keyboard layout (if they know how to do so). Even in Ubiquity, they can't type their real name, they have to install the system in English first and go through all the hoops to change the system default language, their username etc later.

I have what seems to be the same problem. I configured my keyboard layout to French, and it works both under the console and under a Xubuntu (XFCE) session, but not on the lightdm login screen. This makes it a mess to type in my password.

Really, this bug should be marked as critical, as it's a huge usability roadblock for anyone with a non-US keyboard (and there are millions of us).

(this is with Xubuntu 12.04, all current updates applied)

These seem related (and none fixed) :
https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1051288
https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1343582
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/919200
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm-gtk-greeter/+bug/990214